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“Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't.”
― Men Explain Things to Me
― Men Explain Things to Me
“Getting lost was not a matter of geography so much as identity, a passionate desire, even an urgent need, to become no one and anyone, to shake off the shackles that remind you who you are, who others think you are.”
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
“To lose yourself: a voluptuous surrender, lost in your arms, lost to the world, utterly immersed in what is present so that its surroundings fade away. In Benjamin’s terms, to be lost is to be fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being in uncertainty and mystery.”
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.”
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
“Prayer is not only conversation, it is transformation. It is not only light, it is fire. And the closer you get to Him, the hotter the fire gets. Words begin to melt. The first word that melts in His presence is the word 'I.' That is His unique name. The closer you get to Him, the harder it is to begin a sentence with 'I.' It melts in the fire of 'thou.”
― Before I Go: Letters to Our Children about What Really Matters
― Before I Go: Letters to Our Children about What Really Matters
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